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Chagos Islands: UK should pay reparations, says Human Rights Watch

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

Britain should pay reparations to people removed from the Chagos Islands, a British territory in the Indian Ocean, a human rights group has said. Human Rights Watch also called on Britain to allow Chagossians to […]

Rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

BANGKOK (AP) — A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar’s generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity they alleged were […]

Ukraine: Russia faces war crimes investigation

March 3, 2022 World Justice News 0

An investigation into possible war crimes in Ukraine has been launched, after Russia was accused of bombing civilians. The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor said evidence was being collected on alleged war crimes, crimes […]

Radovan Karadzic: Ex-Bosnian Serb leader to be sent to UK prison

May 12, 2021 World Justice News 0

Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of genocide during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, is to serve the rest of his life sentence in a British jail. The Foreign Office said he […]

Darfur conflict: Sudan launches investigation into crimes

December 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

Sudan has launched an investigation into crimes committed in the Darfur region under former President Omar al-Bashir, the state prosecutor says. A trial could take place outside the country, Tagelsir al-Heber said. Ten years ago […]

Ion Iliescu: Romania’s ex-leader charged with crimes against humanity

April 9, 2019 World Justice News 0

Romania’s former President Ion Iliescu has been charged with crimes against humanity for his role in the aftermath of the violent revolt that toppled the communist regime in 1989. Mr Iliescu and two others are […]

Myanmar military leaders must face genocide charges, says UN

August 27, 2018 World Justice News 0

A UN report has said top military figures in Myanmar must be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas. The report, based on hundreds of interviews, is the strongest […]

War Crimes Court Orders Former Congo Militia Leader to Pay Victims

March 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court on Friday found Congolese former militia leader Germain Katanga liable for $1 million in damages to his victims, in a landmark ruling for the permanent war crimes tribunal.Judges […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]